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A message to All Fifty States
Jul. 4th, 2005 04:09 amRemember this Independence Day that America does not simply belong to one group of people. It belongs to anyone that wants to be American and anyone who wants to be or is a U.S. citizen. Don't let anyone make you feel bad about the quantity or quality of your national pride. Neither political party invented jingoism, after all: William Randolph Hearst did that.
If you have an obnoxious neighbor neglecting his children as they blow their hands off with M-80s today, all of you are entitled to a form of patriotism. You may want to deal with the neighbor and he may be staring at your house for lacking the Federal mandate of ninety flags, but you're both allowed to be full of spite toward each other.
When the cops come by after another neighbor gets in a street brawl with the mother of the stump-handed kids for daring to wear a thong and not much more while sunning herself on the roof, remember that all of these people are part of a glorious pageant that could only happen in the U.S. of A., all rights reserved. ( Wait, is that all you have to say about the greatest country in the world? )
By the way, I've actually been having a great weekend.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
graciana has been visiting. She got meet some of my friends and see the Boston scene as it is: geeks with trees.
If you have an obnoxious neighbor neglecting his children as they blow their hands off with M-80s today, all of you are entitled to a form of patriotism. You may want to deal with the neighbor and he may be staring at your house for lacking the Federal mandate of ninety flags, but you're both allowed to be full of spite toward each other.
When the cops come by after another neighbor gets in a street brawl with the mother of the stump-handed kids for daring to wear a thong and not much more while sunning herself on the roof, remember that all of these people are part of a glorious pageant that could only happen in the U.S. of A., all rights reserved. ( Wait, is that all you have to say about the greatest country in the world? )
By the way, I've actually been having a great weekend.
graciana has been visiting. She got meet some of my friends and see the Boston scene as it is: geeks with trees.
